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stacy, here we are day in and day out on the financial news talking about the fiscal cliff, economists talk about the fiscal cliff and politicians talk about the fiscal cliff. we're wondering whether mom and pops at home talk about the fiscal cliff. is a lack of a budget deal actually spooking shoppers out on main street? >> it is. walmart told us 75% of their customers have cite that had they are worried about the fiscal cliff. mandy, you and i were on last week talking about the luxury retailers and we called out saks saying business pre-holiday was particularly weak. what are the people in the stores telling me all week, saying that this is the worst pre-christmas they had seen in over a decade, and part of that was because their consumers are worried about the fiscal cliff, so note to the government. it does matter. >> yeah, but that's, as you say, part of it. laura, what else is going on? it just felt like we were going into a lackluster season here. what happened? >> i mean, there's been some discussion about weather trends as well, but whether or not we go over the fiscal cliff,
stacy, here we are day in and day out on the financial news talking about the fiscal cliff, economists talk about the fiscal cliff and politicians talk about the fiscal cliff. we're wondering whether mom and pops at home talk about the fiscal cliff. is a lack of a budget deal actually spooking shoppers out on main street? >> it is. walmart told us 75% of their customers have cite that had they are worried about the fiscal cliff. mandy, you and i were on last week talking about the luxury...
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here we are on the doorstep after new year and the economy falling off the fiscal cliff. as a result businesses and individuals are facing some of the biggest uncertainties and questions in decades. regardless of what congress does or doesn't do to deal with the year-end fiscal cliff, it is too late for employers to accurately withhold income taxes from paychecks. payroll increases start january 1. but talks drag on of how to ad
here we are on the doorstep after new year and the economy falling off the fiscal cliff. as a result businesses and individuals are facing some of the biggest uncertainties and questions in decades. regardless of what congress does or doesn't do to deal with the year-end fiscal cliff, it is too late for employers to accurately withhold income taxes from paychecks. payroll increases start january 1. but talks drag on of how to ad
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cliff. the hill does not seem like a behive of activity today, but a key meeting is set for today. in about two hours' time at the white house the congressional leaders will be there with the president. good afternoon, everybody. i'm tyler mathisen, michelle caruso-cabrera is with us and eamonja javers is joining us. mary. >> tyler, we've been wait in see mode on wall street as investors react to any kind of signs or headlines that come out about possible progress on a deal, a mini deal is what traders are expecting now to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. basically we've been held in about 100 point range from the dow. it is midpoint. as you might expect on the second to last trading day, volume is light. 1 billion shares changed hands. on average we get about 3.2 billion every day. take a look at the vix. it's a measure of fear. yesterday popping above the 20 level. it is something we haven't seen in five months. it is above that right now but, again, it has come off its highs of the day.
cliff. the hill does not seem like a behive of activity today, but a key meeting is set for today. in about two hours' time at the white house the congressional leaders will be there with the president. good afternoon, everybody. i'm tyler mathisen, michelle caruso-cabrera is with us and eamonja javers is joining us. mary. >> tyler, we've been wait in see mode on wall street as investors react to any kind of signs or headlines that come out about possible progress on a deal, a mini deal...
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the question now if you think we're going over the fiscal cliff should you get into bonds or is it too late? let's talk futures now. jim is at the cme in chicago anthony at the nymex in new york. let's zoom out for a second. what does the cliff actually mean for treasuries? >> i think if we go over the cliff you're going to see treasuries a lot higher. we'll probably test about that 1.5% yield in that. if you look at what happened today they're talking about a mini deal. treasuries didn't even move. you would think there would be a selloff a little bit in the futures alone and there wasn't. the market is looking for something more substantial, a little more substance. they're also looking for some kind of talk about what they're going to do with the debt ceiling. until we get those things i still think you can be in treasuries. >> okay. looks like investors are going to pile in as long as the uncertainty is out there. jim, what about you? would you get into bonds here? >> no. not at all. actually i'm taking the other side. i adopted a negative bias yesterday because to me it still look
the question now if you think we're going over the fiscal cliff should you get into bonds or is it too late? let's talk futures now. jim is at the cme in chicago anthony at the nymex in new york. let's zoom out for a second. what does the cliff actually mean for treasuries? >> i think if we go over the cliff you're going to see treasuries a lot higher. we'll probably test about that 1.5% yield in that. if you look at what happened today they're talking about a mini deal. treasuries didn't...
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over the weekend, is there a plan c on the fiscal cliff floating around. the only offer that's really on the table, and i hate to get so simplist simplistic, was the president's offer. he mentioned it at the press conference late friday afternoon, and that's raise taxes on the top 2%. that's basically the offer on the table. there's a lot of people trying to throw in a lot of spending cuts into a so-called plan c, raise the medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. that's really an afterthought going in right now. the president's offer is the one on the table right now. at this point the choices are getting very, very narrow. i didn't hear do nothing. i didn't hear about a grand bargain. the other big thing over the weekend, i was getting a lot of e-mail about, is when will the treasury department declare they've run out of the capability to borrow money. certainly by the end of february, everybody knows that. but some people think it could happen sooner than that. that will bring up the whole issues about the rating agencies coming out with warnings of a do
over the weekend, is there a plan c on the fiscal cliff floating around. the only offer that's really on the table, and i hate to get so simplist simplistic, was the president's offer. he mentioned it at the press conference late friday afternoon, and that's raise taxes on the top 2%. that's basically the offer on the table. there's a lot of people trying to throw in a lot of spending cuts into a so-called plan c, raise the medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. that's really an afterthought...
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fears of falling off the fiscal cliff are fueling this pessimism. 45% think it's unlikely a budget deal will be reached between the president and congress. but nbc news's political director chuck todd says despite that possibility, going for a small, stripped down agreement isn't all good. >> i think politically, the president's making a mistake to go for a small deal. he'll lose leverage as the year goes on. he'll get a big political victory but he should try one more time for the big deal. you had nearly 200 house republicans about to vote to raise taxes on millionaires. >> joining me now, joe sustek and david winston. thank you both for being here today. i'll start with you, congressman. does the president's ability to get what he wants diminish over time? should he go big one more time? >> for the american people. it is not about him and his leverage. i think the president needs to try to reach the big compromise with speaker boehner and the two men came very close. they were a few hundred billion dollars away. we need $3 trillion in debt redust over a decade. we have $1 trillion of
fears of falling off the fiscal cliff are fueling this pessimism. 45% think it's unlikely a budget deal will be reached between the president and congress. but nbc news's political director chuck todd says despite that possibility, going for a small, stripped down agreement isn't all good. >> i think politically, the president's making a mistake to go for a small deal. he'll lose leverage as the year goes on. he'll get a big political victory but he should try one more time for the big...
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whether flirting with the fiscal cliff or skydiving from the edge of space or just buying a power ball ticket, risk taking was back en vogue. as we head into the new year, we're going to look back at all of the risky business that brought us here in the economy, in entertainment, in sports, in pop culture, in technology, and in the biggest, baddest game of all. give it to the twin pillars of politics, the relentless candidates, barack obama and mitt romney, for waging the best and worst presidential campaign of the year. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> best because it was a time for riveting battle for control of the nation. worst because it often became a war of cheap shots, questionable facts, and everything else that just exhausts voters. >> i don't think there's anything else that immediately so completely sucked up all of the energy or oxygen in the air. >> worst republican roulette, the party primary that seemed to have a new up and coming favorite every ten minutes. rick perry, herman cain, michele bachmann, newt gingrich, rick santorum. >> what a freak show
whether flirting with the fiscal cliff or skydiving from the edge of space or just buying a power ball ticket, risk taking was back en vogue. as we head into the new year, we're going to look back at all of the risky business that brought us here in the economy, in entertainment, in sports, in pop culture, in technology, and in the biggest, baddest game of all. give it to the twin pillars of politics, the relentless candidates, barack obama and mitt romney, for waging the best and worst...